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High-Flying Drones and Basement Wages: Alarming Trends in Package Delivery »
September 24, 2014 | Alexandra BradburyOnline retailer Amazon is opening its own mail sorting plants and sending public letter carriers out delivering its groceries at 4 a.m. Call it privatization by a thousand cuts. If you work sorting, trucking, or delivering packages, is Amazon coming after your job next?
Members Are Angry at the Union for… Wait, What?! »
September 23, 2014 | Jenny BrownDon’t officers care when one of their number violates procedures, breaks the law, and commits murder? Turns out at least one officer organization does.
Sunday Climate March Drawing Unprecedented Labor Support »
September 19, 2014 | Jenny BrownClimate change activists are getting ready for a huge climate march on Sunday in midtown Manhattan, aimed at world leaders who are gathering at the United Nations for a climate summit. The march’s message: Let’s see some real action.
Overwhelming Union Win for American Airlines Agents »
September 18, 2014 | Jenny BrownAfter many close votes against unionization, American Airlines passenger service agents scored an overwhelming victory, voting 86 percent to unionize. The win covers 14,500 workers, the largest union-representation vote in the U.S. this year.
Rail Workers Vote Down Single-Person Crews »
September 11, 2014 | Alexandra BradburyRailroaders voted down a covertly negotiated deal that would have allowed huge freight trains to rumble across the western U.S. with just an engineer onboard, no conductor. “There’s a real rank-and-file rebellion going on right now.”
Stop Feeding The Hand that Bites Us »
September 8, 2014 | Alexandra BradburyPoliticians boasted they’d persuaded VW to “invest” $600 million in Tennessee—but almost $300 million of that will come from the state’s taxpayers. But what if the state spent that directly, on restoring jobs it recently cut?
